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'{{short description|American football offensive tackle}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Tristan Wirfs | image = Tristan Wirfs (50832403298) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Wirfs with the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] in 2021 | current_team = Tampa Bay Buccaneers | number = 78 | position = [[Offensive tackle]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|24}} | birth_place = [[Mount Vernon, Iowa]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 320 | high_school = [[Mount Vernon, Iowa#Education|Mount Vernon, IA]] | college = [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] | draftyear = 2020 | draftround = 1 | draftpick = 13 | pastteams = * [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|2020}}–present) | status = Active | highlights = * [[Super Bowl]] champion ([[Super Bowl LV|LV]]) * [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[PFWA All-Rookie Team#2020|2020]]) * [[Big Ten Conference football individual awards#Rimington–Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year|Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year]] (2019) * First Team All-Big Ten ([[2019 Big Ten Conference football season#All-Conference Teams|2019]]) * First Team All-American ([[2019 College Football All-America Team|2019]]) | statleague = NFL | statseason= 2020 | statweek= | statlabel1= Games played | statvalue1= 16 | statlabel2= Games started | statvalue2= 16 | nflnew = tristan-wirfs | pfr = }} '''Tristan Wirfs''' (born January 24, 1999) is an American football [[offensive tackle]] for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] at [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]]. ==High school career== Wirfs played high school football at Mount Vernon High School, where he also excelled in wrestling and track and field.<ref name="Smile">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Jeff |title=Tristan Wirfs grew up smiling, and Mount Vernon smiled back |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/hawkeyes/iowa-football/tristan-wirfs-iowa-offensive-line-smile-mount-vernon-hometown-family-20181116 |website=[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]] |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> He won the state discus throw as a sophomore, and [[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]] and [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa Hawkeyes]] both offered Wirfs scholarships within the next month.<ref name="Throwing">{{cite web |last1=Southard |first1=Dargan |title=Throwing success underlines Tristan Wirfs' athletic dominance |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/04/27/throwing-success-underlines-tristan-wirfs-athletic-dominance/306975001/ |website=[[Des Moines Register]] |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> He committed to Iowa in winter of his junior year in December 2015,<ref name="Barely">{{cite web |last1=Southard |first1=Dargan |title=Iowa football: Barely a year into starting, Tristan Wirfs gaining steam on Hawkeyes' offensive line |url=https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/football/2018/10/11/iowa-football-tristan-wirfs-quickly-gaining-steam-hawkeyes-offensive-line/1600667002/ |website=Hawk Central |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> and was a four-star recruit.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dochterman |first1=Scott |title=Tristan Wirfs, remarkable strength and breaking Iowa's unbreakable record |url=https://theathletic.com/922045/2019/04/14/iowa-offensive-tackle-tristan-wirfs-hang-clean-record-spring-football/ |website=The Athletic |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 24, 2020 |date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> During his senior year of high school, Wirfs helped Mount Vernon to a state semifinal appearance in football, was named an Army All-American for football, won a state wrestling title in winter after cutting 30 pounds, and won the discus for the third straight year and shot put for the second straight year in spring. He was honored by the [[Des Moines Register]] as the best boys prep athlete in the state.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Southard |first1=Dragan |title=Mount Vernon's Tristan Wirfs dominant from start to finish |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/all-iowa/2017/06/25/mount-vernons-tristan-wirfs-dominant-start-finish/415142001/ |website=[[Des Moines Register]] |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> ==College career== As a true freshman, Wirfs started seven games at right tackle,<ref name="Rittenberg">{{cite web |last1=Rittenberg |first1=Adam |title=Iowa O-lineman Tristan Wirfs second Hawkeye suspended for Northern Illinois game |url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24244714/tristan-wirfs-iowa-hawkeyes-suspended-season-opener-dwi-arrest |website=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> becoming the first true freshman to start at offensive tackle in the [[Kirk Ferentz]] era.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Feldman |first1=Bruce |title=Bruce Feldman's 2019 college football Freaks List |url=https://theathletic.com/1065937/2019/07/12/bruce-feldmans-freaks-list-2019-college-football-top-athletic-performances/?redirected=1 |website=The Athletic |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 24, 2020 |date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> Through the season, he worked on being more aggressive against defenders.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morehouse |first1=Marc |title=Iowa offensive line: Tristan Wirfs is not afraid to throw down |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/hawkeyes/iowa-football/offensive-line-iowa-football-2018-depth-chart-starters-preview-20180821 |website=[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]] |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> Before his sophomore season, Wirfs was suspended for the season-opening game against [[Northern Illinois Huskies football|Northern Illinois]] for an [[Driving under the influence#Terminology|OWI arrest]] in late July.<ref name="Rittenberg" /> After his sophomore season, Wirfs broke the Hawkeyes [[Clean and jerk|hang clean]] record held by [[Brandon Scherff]], setting the new mark at 450 pounds. He also said a focus of his junior season would be to translate his weight room exploits to the field.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Batterson |first1=Steve |title=Tristan Wirfs' success for Iowa football stems from the weight room |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/college/tristan-wirfs-success-for-iowa-football-stems-from-the-weight/article_426f8ac4-883a-54e0-a509-e711b97e89cf.html |website=[[Sioux City Journal]] |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> An injury during spring practice caused Wirfs to miss a few weeks of practice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iowa's Big A.J. and Little A.J. locked in the eternal 'steel sharpens steel' struggle |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/hawkeyes/iowa-football/aj-epenesa-alaric-jackson-iowa-spring-football-final-practice-20190426 |website=The Gazette |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref> Following his junior season where he was selected to the First Team All Big Ten and named the conference lineman of the year, Wirfs announced that he would forgo his final season and enter the [[2020 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iowa OT Tristan Wirfs, likely 1st-rounder, entering NFL draft|date=January 15, 2020|access-date=January 15, 2020|website=ESPN.com|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28489716/iowa-ot-tristan-wirfs-likely-1st-rounder-entering-nfl-draft}}</ref> ==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 4⅞ | weight = 320 | dash = 4.85 | ten split = | twenty split = | shuttle = 4.68 | cone drill = 7.65 | vertical = 36.5 | broad ft = 10 | broad in = 1 | bench = 24 | arm span = 34 | hand span = 10¼ | wonderlic = | note = All values from NFL Combine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/tristan-wirfs/32195749-5237-0129-a756-9a5ceb881ea0 |title=Tristan Wirfs Combine Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=July 8, 2020}}</ref> }} Wirfs was drafted by the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] in the first round with the 13th pick in the [[2020 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Owens |first1=Jason |title=Bucs trade up with 49ers for No. 13 pick, select Iowa OT Tristan Wirfs |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/report-bucs-trade-up-with-49-ers-for-no-13-pick-in-1st-deal-of-draft-015156269.html |access-date=April 23, 2020 |work=[[Yahoo Sports]] |date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=13397 Iowa Hawkeyes bio] *{{twitter|tristanwirfs74}} {{Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster navbox}} {{2020 NFL Draft}} {{BuccaneersFirstPick}} {{Buccaneers2020DraftPicks}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wirfs, Tristan}} [[Category:1999 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American football offensive tackles]] [[Category:Iowa Hawkeyes football players]] [[Category:People from Mount Vernon, Iowa]] [[Category:Players of American football from Iowa]] [[Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players]] [[Category:All-American college football players]]'